Plastic Bags

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Pat Suter joins other concerned citizens at a news conference Tuesday outside City Hall to support the Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation's call for a city ordinance charging $1 per transaction using plastic bags.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Dozens of plastic bags collected off the streets and beaches are hung between the trees at City Hall during a news conference Tuesday to support a fee discouraging the use of plastic bags.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Kate Prejean and Makai Prejean, 2, join other concerned citizens at a news conference Tuesday outside City Hall to support a fee discouraging the use of plastic bags.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Neil McQueen, with the Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation and leader of the Skip the Plastic campaign, held a news conference Tuesday outside City Hall before the council's meeting where they discussed a proposed plastic bag fee.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Kevin Hill wears a string of plastic bags around his neck as he joins other concerned citizens at a news conference Tuesday outside City Hall before the council's regular meeting where they discussed a proposed plastic bag fee.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES A plastic bag hangs in a tree outside City Hall as Neil McQueen (right), with the Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation and leader of the Skip the Plastic campaign, held a news conference Tuesday regarding a proposed fee to discourage use of plastic bags.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Dozens of plastic bags collected off the streets and beaches are hung between the trees at City Hall during a news conference Tuesday to support the council's proposal to ban plastic bag in the city.